collection owner: Kurt Schwitters

Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art, forwarded on to Edith Thomas and Ernst Schwitters

22 December 1948–8 January 1949

Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art

Letter regarding the sale of three of Schwitters' works, 'Descending', 'Like Marmor' and 'Mirage' from an exhibition held by the Museum of Modern Art.

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Margaret Miller Museum of Modern Art (New York, USA)
Recipient
George Gatey & Son Solicitors (Windermere, UK)
Date
22 December 1948
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Kurt Schwitters, ‘Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art’ 22 December 1948

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Title
Letter to Geo. Gatey & Son from Margaret Miller at the Museum of Modern Art, forwarded on to Edith Thomas and Ernst Schwitters
Date
22 December 1948–8 January 1949
Description
Letter regarding the sale of three of Schwitters' works, 'Descending', 'Like Marmor' and 'Mirage' from an exhibition held by the Museum of Modern Art. Copies of the letter were sent on to Edith Thomas and Ernst Schwitters with copies of the forwarding letters attached.
Format
Document - correspondence
Collection
Tate Archive
Acquisition
Presented by Edith Thomas's son, Geoff Thomas, in 1995.
Reference
TGA 9510/3/1/31
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